[PLUG] Sunfire 280R install

Russ Johnson russj at dimstar.net
Mon Mar 25 21:56:05 UTC 2002


OK, I have a possible solution to this.

It seems that the 900 mhz Ultra Sparc III processors require Solaris 8 with 
a release date of 10/01 or newer. The latest I currently have is 7/01, and 
2/02 won't download properly for me.

Looks like someone put the wrong OS image on these machines.

At 01:47 PM 3/22/2002 -0800, you wrote:
>Yeah, these are single proc boxes. I also just got two Blade 1000's that 
>have dual procs... They booted right up. :/
>
>I'm a bit disconcerted, because the specs on the sunstore site, and the 
>invoice say dual power supply... These only have one power supply. I'm 
>wondering if something else was "overlooked" in the config department...
>
>At 01:36 PM 3/22/2002 -0800, you wrote:
>>You might want to check that the PROM is running 64 bit. There's a setting
>>for it but I can't recall it. A complete shot in the dark, Russ, but worth a
>>try. Are they single processors?
>
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